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Best floors for Lindy Hop Slides!

Connecting Socially , dance videos , inspirational dancing , Lindy Hop , performance dance , social dancing

Swing dancing has a wide range of styles because it’s a street dance, constantly changing with the creativity of the dancers.  Slides are tricky steps.  They’re not that common, due to the difficulty in executing them properly.  You’ll only see them performed by advanced dancers, and they’re always show stoppers.  If you’re a bay area […]

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Learning to Dance on Youtube

connection in dance , dance videos , dancing for joy , leading and following , Learning dance , social dancing , teaching dance

My friend Stu Sweetow, videographer extraordinaire, sent me the picture at the right with the excellent phrase, “Real men take dance lessons, because you can’t learn connection on youtube!”  This inspired me to once again take up my blog, which my many fans have no doubt noticed I have let slip for several months due […]

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In Honor of Frankie Manning

about LaurieAnn , Dance History , dance videos , dancing for joy , dancing in the golden years , inspirational dancing , Learning dance , Lindy Hop , teaching dance

This is the week Frankie Manning would have turned 101 had he lived and I always like to leave a tribute for him every year.  I was privileged to have been friends with this wonderfully positive and highly charismatic man for the last fifteen years of his life.   Frankie was one of the people […]

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Using Your Dance Skill for Free Cruises and Parties

Connecting Socially , dancing for joy , dancing in the golden years , leading and following , Learning dance , social dancing

If you’re a man who enjoys the company of senior women, can dance, and likes to be of service to others, you’re in luck!   Older women vastly outnumber their male counterparts on the dance floor, and people who organize cruises and parties for seniors are on the lookout for dance partners for their guests.   […]

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Dance Contest Played for Laughs Raises Consciousness Anyway

about LaurieAnn , competitive dance , Connecting Socially , Country Western dance , Dance History , Miscellaneous , same sex dancing , social dancing , teaching dance

  Jack and Jack Dancers During the Peach State Country Western Dance Festival in Atlanta, there was a Jack and Jack competition in which men partnered with other men in texas two-step, waltz, west coast swing, and night club two step.  These guys were all excellent dancers and many of them were teachers.  They were also […]

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